Localization of testosterone and 3 β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4-isomerase in cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) testes

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-14

  Liang, Ji Hong ^a,b   Sankai, Tadashi ^a   Yoshida, Takashi ^a   Cho, Fumiaki ^a   Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Medical University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Cynomolgus monkey; Immunocytochemical; Leydig cell; Sertoli cell; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MACACA FASCICULARIS;

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE DELTA(5) 3 KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; 3 BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE-DELTA(5) 3-KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MACACA; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; STEROID ISOMERASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031996009     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1998.tb00062.x     Document Type: Article

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